Review of The Vampire Relationship Guide, Volume 1: Meeting and Mating by Evelyn LaFont

Josie wants what she’s never been able to have; sex with a vampire. When she receives an invitation to a party thrown by one of the world’s richest vamps, she doesn’t stop to question her luck; she just jumps into her favorite stilettos and heads out to the event of a lifetime, secretly hoping that she’ll come home with a party favor in the shape of a sexy coffin dweller.

But the great undead, much to Josie’s chagrin, aren’t just pale sexbots with pointy teeth waiting to satisfy her carnal desires; they are dangerous; and sometimes cranky. With a single-minded focus on fulfilling her sole sexual longing, Josie unwittingly entrenches herself in the twisted and sometimes antagonistic world of vampire relationships with no one to guide her, but herself. ~From GoodReads
*Title is a 136 pagenovella     
ebook, 140 pages
Published March 30th 2011 by Helios Media, Inc (first published March 29th 2011)
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The Vampire Relationship Guide is a book that’s been on my TBR-list for a while.  I am a big fan of Evelyn LaFont. I think pretty much everything she writes is brilliant, and funny, and smart. So even though I’ve wanted to read this book, I was a little hesitant. What if the book didn’t live up to the expectations I had put on it. Well, crises averted. I am happy to say the The Vampire Relationship Guide: Meeting and Mating was everything I hoped for/expected from LaFont.
First off, I love Josie. She’s a real “guy’s girl”. She lives an life uncomplicated by marriage, children or a stressful career. And she is completely content. She’s funny and fearless. Josie is the kind of character that we can vicariously live through. She usually has good intentions; but almost always says or does something to end up in ridiculously funny situations. Josie is an endearing character.  While reading the book, I felt as if I were chatting with my favorite friend.
Another aspect of the book that I liked is the men.  Josie becomes involved with not one ridiculously attractive vampire, but two. The men are everything you can ask for: unbelievably handsome, charming, rich and mysterious. The buildup of the relationships is hot and sometimes so lingering, I thought I would go crazy (in a good way!). Towards the end, I was caught by surprised. Because while this is a funny, sexy little book, it also has heart. The tenderness shown to Josie by one of the vamps, who shall not be named, was so darn beautiful.
The ending of the The Vampire Relationship Guide was set up perfectly for book two, The Vampire Relationship Guide: Volume 2, due out August 31, 2011.
I like to post favorite passages from books. While there were many, many quotable lines, this struck me as one of the funniest:
“The cab smelled like it’d been slept in by ten retired circus clowns who’d gotten jobs scooping horse poo with their hands. I was so upset about what happened between ____ and me that I didn’t even bother to care that I was steeping myself in Eau de Poopie Clown.”
The Vampire Relationship Guide, Volume 1: Meeting and Mating is currently on sale for $0.99. You can find it at these sites:
Amazon-http://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Relationship-Guide-Meeting-ebook/dp/B004UI6HGE/ref=sr_1_cc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301533618&sr=1-1-catcorr
Barnes & Noble-http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Vampire-Relationship-Guide-Volume-1/Evelyn-Lafont/e/2940012319654/
Smashwords-http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/50548
GoodReads page-http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10945927-the-vampire-relationship-guide-volume-1
You can find Evelyn LaFont @ http://evelynlafont.wordpress.com/